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What’s your personal Butterfly Effect story?

by QuestionGuy April 1, 2022, 3:52 pm

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What small action did you take that you later realized had “butterfly effect” that turned into something much more important?

by QuestionGuy January 12, 2022, 8:43 pm

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TIL chaotic dynamics are known to be unpredictable due to the “butterfly effect” discovered by Lorenz half a century ago. In recent years, researchers proved that an artificial intelligence technique known as neural networks have the ability to predict chaos better than the traditional tool.

by whatilearned November 17, 2021, 12:59 am

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TIL that the destruction of Hiroshima was caused by only half a gram of matter being converted to energy: the weight of a butterfly

by whatilearned September 23, 2021, 6:31 pm

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TIL that the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) is the largest species of butterfly in the world, with females reaching wingspans slightly in excess of 25 cm to 28 cm . It is endangered and is restricted to Eastern Papua New Guinea. There is sexual dimorphism in this species.

by whatilearned August 5, 2021, 12:47 pm

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TIL In 1991, Janusz Kamiński was the cinematographer for the Vanilla Ice movie Cool as Ice. Three years later Kamiński went on to win an Academy Award for his work on Schindler’s List. He later won for the films Amistad, Saving Private Ryan, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, War Horse, and Lincoln.

by whatilearned July 18, 2021, 11:08 pm

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TIL that the iconic rose petal scene in American Beauty was shot with a high speed camera, and required Mena Suvari “to flap her arms up and down like a demented butterfly.”

by whatilearned July 14, 2021, 8:39 am

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What is the craziest butterfly effect in your life?

by QuestionGuy July 1, 2021, 1:16 am

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What’s a real life example of butterfly effect?

by QuestionGuy June 27, 2021, 5:40 pm

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TIL that a Nature photographer, Kjell Bloch Sandved, curated a collection of butterfly and moth images with interesting patterns on their wings that resembled all 26 letters in the English alphabet, as well as the 10 single-digit numbers.

by whatilearned June 5, 2021, 12:49 pm

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TIL of the fish kick, a technique in swimming where the swimmer turns sideways and mimics the motion of an eel. It is arguably the fastest way to swim and was once famously used in the 2000 Olympics by Misty Hyman to win the 200m butterfly. However, this kick is rarely used owing to its difficulty.

by whatilearned May 26, 2021, 4:51 pm

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Japan’s ‘Butterfly Lady’ of Paralympic table tennis says she’s risking her life for Tokyo 2020

by SportsNews May 24, 2021, 2:09 am

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